Liberal Arts and Sciences
David Macdonald Research Group
Led by David Macdonald · Political Science
What we study
The Macdonald Lab studies why ordinary people support certain policies, parties, or candidates, focusing on topics like labor unions, political trust, and immigration attitudes. They analyze public opinion and political behavior using surveys and interviews.
What working here is like
- Surveys & interviews
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 2
Current projects
Mass-level partisan consequences of labor unions
Investigating how labor unions influence political support and policy preferences.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Labor Unions and American Mass Politics
2026 · State University of New York Press eBooks
- Core Political Values and Partisan Attitude Change
2026 · Political Research Quarterly
Finds that Americans adjust their partisan views to align with core political values.
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How to reach out
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